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		mvc on Nov 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effecti... The idea has been around for a lot longer than that. The discovery by Derrick Rossi that led to the formation of Moderna was hailed way back in 2010 as one of the top medical breakthroughs of the year. http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,288... No doubt the pandemic helped accelerate development.

selectodude on Nov 16, 2020 [–]

He was the first to see the promise, but it was discovered by Katalin Kariko who actually works at BioNTech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katalin_Kariko

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